New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STATE EMERGENCY AND RESCUE MANAGEMENT ACT 1989 - SECT 20A

20A State Emergency Recovery Controller and Deputy

(1) There is to be a State Emergency Recovery Controller and a Deputy State Emergency Recovery Controller.

(2) The office of the State Emergency Recovery Controller is to be held by the person for the time being holding or acting in the position of the Chief Executive, Emergency Management NSW.

(3) The office of the Deputy State Emergency Recovery Controller is to be held by the person for the time being holding or acting in a senior position in the Government Service that is designated by the Minister as the Deputy State Emergency Recovery Controller.

(4) During the absence or a vacancy in the office of the State Emergency Recovery Controller, the Deputy State Emergency Recovery Controller has all of the functions of the State Emergency Recovery Controller.

(5) A "senior position" in the Government Service is:

(a) a position of senior executive officer (within the meaning of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 ), or

(b) a position in the Public Service for which the rate of salary or wages payable to the person exceeds the maximum rate payable for Grade 12, Administrative and Clerical Division, of the Public Service.